Louisiana Tech head football coach Skip Holtz announced the signing of 21 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, wrapping up a successful day in which 23 student-athletes announced they would be joining the Bulldog football program.

In all, the class that Holtz and the coaching staff recruited for 2015 counts 22 of the 23 newcomers coming straight from high school with one transfer from a four-year college in quarterback Jeff Driskel.

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Louisiana Tech football players — 99 in all — reported to camp Sunday and will begin practice today in preparations of the 2016 season opener at Arkansas on Sept. 3.

Tech head coach Skip Holtz met with the media Sunday afternoon and didn’t waste much time addressing the elephant in the room following the DWI/speeding arrest early Friday morning of Bulldogs starting redshirt senior quarterback Ryan Higgins.

SHREVEPORT— Que’brelyn Hill grew up only minutes away from the Independence Bowl. She’s been to the state fair and even some other activities and events, but she’s never experienced a nationally televised college football game like the AdvoCare Independence Bowl.

By the time Arizona’s Wildcats and Boston College’s Eagles hit the football field for the annual Independence Bowl battle Tuesday morning, Hill and a group of Grambling State University students had put up many signs, carefully placed field promotions and displayed school children’s art.

I still recall the time I was going home with Arthur Brown after school to spend the weekend duck hunting with him on Chee Chee Bay. I brought my unloaded shotgun to school and stored it in the cloakroom. There were no gasps of horror from students or a firm word from my teacher as she grabbed me by the ear and escorted me to the principal’s office.

Because none of us had pick-up trucks with gun racks back then, that’s what we all did; there’s even the chance the principal had his shotgun propped in the corner of his office.

GRAMBLING — The Grambling State University Lady Tigers’ basketball team will host the University of Tulsa Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
Admission for the game is free.

The Lady Tigers (1-8) are coming off of a tough 90-59 road loss to LSU in Baton Rouge on Wednesday night.

Guard Cierra Ceazer led the way for Grambling with 18 points. Guard-forward Jasmyn Reynolds led the way on the glass for GSU with five rebounds.